---
title: "Check a request to inspect or copy a company register"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/check-a-request-to-inspect-or-copy-a-company-register"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A1-JU20261022-26"
practice_area: "Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check a request to inspect or copy a company register

> From the request, list who is asking, whether they ask to inspect or to have a copy, the purposes stated, and any fee the company asks. Do not hand over the register.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the request, list who is asking, whether they ask to inspect or to have a copy, the purposes stated, and any fee the company asks. Do not hand over the register. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides whether the person may inspect without charge, whether the application for a copy meets the section, and the day the copy is due. |
| Written for / versions | 1 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Anyone may inspect a register kept under the Chapter. A member pays no fee. A copy is due within 7 days if the application and any fee are in order.

- What the AI does: From the request, list who is asking, whether they ask to inspect or to have a copy, the purposes stated, and any fee the company asks. Do not hand over the register.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides whether the person may inspect without charge, whether the application for a copy meets the section, and the day the copy is due.
- Who reviews: Responsible lawyer with competence in the matter
- Basis: Practical workflow informed by the linked primary sources; the traffic light and working checks are editorial guidance, not a court classification.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much of the output the lawyer must independently re-derive.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. A company must allow anyone to inspect a register kept under this Chapter. If the register is on a computer, the person inspects it by computer. A member, a registered option holder or a registered debenture holder may inspect without charge. Other people may inspect only on payment of any fee, up to the prescribed amount, that the company requires. The prescribed amount was not on the section.
2. The company must give a copy of the register, or a part of it, within 7 days if the person applies in accordance with the section and pays any fee, up to the prescribed amount, that the company requires. ASIC may allow a longer period. If the register is kept on a computer, the copy must be in the prescribed form. The form was not on the section.
3. An application for a copy states each purpose for which the person is accessing the copy, none of those purposes is a prescribed purpose, and the application is in the prescribed form. The prescribed purpose was not on the section. The company is not required to allow a person to see share certificate numbers, or to give a copy that contains them.
4. An offence based on the inspection duty, the copy duty, or a condition of an ASIC exemption, is an offence of strict liability. The lawyer decides whether the request is met. The note does not release the register.

## Notes

- These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.

## Sources

- [Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 173](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca2001172/s173.html) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [United States](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/check-a-request-to-inspect-or-copy-a-company-register/united-states.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*